The only woman employed as a firefighter in the city of Fargo needed four tries to pass the entrance exams and finally get the job offer. That was 13 years ago for Dawn Stollenwerk, who’s worked her way up to battalion chief and assistant fire marshal. Fargo Fire Chief Steve Dirksen said since then, only one other woman has passed the physical agility test to be a firefighter and was offered a position, but ultimately turned it down.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: INFORUM - Metered Site

VIDEO: A North Andover teenager is on a mission to build Lego fire trucks for every city in Massachusetts. Cristian Sciaudone, 16, started building the sets with his dad when he was just 4-years-old. He starts by designing each truck with a computer program then spends about three hours building each one.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston

PHOTOS: After cigar ashes ignited a fire in Wenatchee’s Central Market the evening of July 6, 1909, dry winds propelled the flames through several downtown streets. Most of the buildings were made of wood and easily caught fire. Dozens of businesses and residences burned — as did Wenatchee’s first fire station, next to the jail on Columbia Street.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Foothills

A father and his 2-year-old were safe after the toddler was tossed to safety from a second-story window during an apartment fire in New Jersey on Monday, authorities said. The rescue, which was was captured on video from different angles, involved officials from the South Brunswick Township Police Department and Chief Chris Perez of the Monmouth Junction Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC News

Though the Alexandria Fire Department doesn’t have any female firefighters, the city’s Board of Works and Safety on Monday voted unanimously in favor of a contract that would double the number of weeks for paid maternity leave from four to eight. Capt. Adam Matson said the newly approved contract also provides three days of paternity leave.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Herald Bulletin

VIDEO: A firefighter drill in Georgia turned into a surprise marriage proposal. Two Savannah fire stations partnered for a training session Wednesday, but unbeknownst to one firefighter, that wasn't the real purpose of the day. In fact, there wasn't going to be a drill at all. Tyler Carlson was blindfolded and sent into a burn building to find a downed firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR-TV ABC 9 Manchester

In 2010, an East Tennessee firefighter by the name of Michael Robinson saw first-hand how hot a burning building can be when he almost watched his partner die from overheating. “We didn’t have anything to help us cool off. We had some lukewarm bottles of water, a cold towel around his neck and it could have turned out a lot different but we saved him,” said Robinson.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVLT-TV CBS 8 Knoxville

Two years after COVID-19 first forced widespread closures in the U.S., Americans are more optimistic about the trajectory of the pandemic than they have been since last June before the delta and omicron variants of the virus swept through the country. As COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline, Americans' concern about contracting the disease has dropped precipitously.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gallup

Two people were forced to jump from the second floor window, a 50-year-old man was killed and several others are suffering from severe injuries after a four-unit residence caught fire in Waukesha early Tuesday morning. The Waukesha Fire Department said in an update that an unnamed 50-year-old man has died after being brought to the hospital with critical injuries.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

Firefighters battled explosions during a two-alarm fire at a Milwaukee recycling and welding facility near 30th and North on Monday evening, March 7. It happened shortly before 6 p.m.Responding crews found fire on the first and second floor of the building. One worker was on scene at the time. According to fire officials, dangerous chemicals in the building caused several explosions.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WITI-TV FOX 6 Milwaukee

A car went into a ditch and rolled over several times on southbound Racine Avenue around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, according to the New Berlin Fire Department. The car landed on its roof and the Jaws of Life were needed to free the one person inside, according to a news release from the fire department. The patient was taken to the Level 1 Trauma Center at Froedtert in Wauwatosa, the release said.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Berlin Patch

Atown of Deerfield home suffered $200,000 damage in a fire Saturday night, the Dane County Sheriff’s Office reported. At about 7:15 p.m. on Saturday, sheriff’s deputies and fire crews from McFarland, Lake Mills and Deer Grove responded to a house fire in the 3400 block of Prairie Drive in the town of Deerfield, the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Madison.com - Metered Site

VIDEOS: Memphis Fire Department arrived on the scene of an active fire at Baymont Inn hotel on the 6000 block of Shelby Oaks Drive Monday, March 7 at 12:57. According to an official statement released from MFD, the fire started when several mattresses were placed against the hotel building and intentionally set on fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATN-TV ABC 24 Memphis

PHOTOS: Rural firefighters had to get creative while fighting a house fire in a remote area Saturday night. Swan Valley Fire Department spokeswoman Kat Brainard said the call came in around 9:15 p.m. at 224 Pine Creek Bench Road. A witness had spotted a chimney fire at the home that was spreading to other areas of the residence.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Idaho News

Firefighters around the country are just starting the tedious process of removing firefighting foam that contains “forever chemicals.” This toxic foam contains PFAS, or poly-fluoroalkyl substances, which can remain in the environment and in human bodies. This foam may cause health problems, including cancer.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWLP-TV NBC/CW+ 22 Springfield

VIDEOS: Memphis Fire Department arrived on the scene of an active fire at Baymont Inn hotel on the 6000 block of Shelby Oaks Drive Monday, March 7 at 12:57. According to an official statement released from MFD, the fire started when several mattresses were placed against the hotel building and intentionally set on fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATN-TV ABC 24 Memphis

The massive fires that seemed to engulf building after building in the borough back in the late 1970s and early ‘80s led many declaring the “Bronx is burning.” In fact, it almost felt unusual to not use the word “fire” in conjunction with “Bronx,” because the two had become so synonymous during that time.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Riverdale Press

Arecent CDC study found that around 140 million Americans have been infected by the coronavirus, almost double the number regularly reported in national COVID-19 case counts. And while some experts say this increase in population immunity could help stem future surges, others remain cautious about potential new variants, as well as waning immunity in the future.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Advisory Board

Middleton Fire officials responded to the Club Tavern & Grille early Sunday morning for report of a fire on the roof. According to MFD, crews were dispatched to the Middleton business around 12:30 a.m. Once on scene, firefighters identified a small fire on the roof and were able to contain it to an area in the wall.
- PUB DATE: 3/6/2022 7:59:03 AM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison

The Janesville Fire Department was dispatched to the River Flats Apartment complex on Friday morning for a fire that erupted in an apartment closet. Firefighters arrived at 200 N. Jackson St for a commercial alarm activation at around 10 a.m. Once on scene, the fire was already extinguished thanks to the sprinkler system.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2022 6:53:29 PM - SOURCE: WMTV NBC 15 Madison